Kevin Knox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became John Calipari’s 18th and 19th NBA lottery picks in nine drafts as Kentucky’s head coach Thursday, a total that nearly doubles the next-best college program in that timespan.
(Duke has had 10 lottery picks in the past nine years).
On six of the past nine NBA Draft nights, Calipari has had multiple players go in the lottery. At least one Wildcat has been a lottery pick in all nine of those drafts.
Is that streak in jeopardy a year from now?
Less than 12 hours after the final pick had been made Thursday night, a slew of NBA mock drafts for 2019 started popping up across the web.